CHAUCER’S FUTURE SHOCK
IT’S SAID we live in a time of future shock. And certainly I would agree with this as to our means of communication. Mobile devices, for example, evolve with astounding … Continue reading
ACADEMIC GALA
LET’S CELEBRATE the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, the federal statute that created Land Grant institutions of higher learning. Justin Smith Morrill, U.S. Representative, Vermont, introduced the bill as … Continue reading
MILLIKEN M-1 TAKES TO THE (VIRTUAL) AIR
BILL MILLIKEN built and flew his own airplane. Maybe that’s not so remarkable, but he was a college student at the time and the year was 1933. And this is … Continue reading
HE’S GOT A LOT OF BALTS
I WITNESSED history up close on a Saab Baltic Tour. It was May 15-18, 1990, a mere couple weeks after Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declared their independence from a crumbling … Continue reading
FIA EV RACING GETS AMPED
A CONSORTIUM of international investors, Formula E Holdings Ltd, has gained commercial rights for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s Formula E Championship. Rio de Janeiro is the first city to … Continue reading
TURING NUGGETS
I’M ONLY halfway through Turing’s Cathedral, by George Dyson, Pantheon Books, 2012. Even so, I keep coming upon things I want to share. It’s a marvelous history of the digital … Continue reading
2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR
ONE OF my reasons for buying a 2012 Honda Crosstour was to preserve the hair on the top of my head. In fact, I’ve driven more than a thousand cars … Continue reading
54.5 MPG AND THE MISINFORMED
THE FEDS have announced that Corporate Average Fuel Economy for cars and light trucks in Model Year 2025 will be 54.5 mpg. However, whenever politics meets technology, guess which wins? … Continue reading
WHA’CHA CALL IT?
GROWING UP in Cleveland, Ohio, I knew that strip between the sidewalk and the street as the “tree lawn.” Eventually, I came to learn it had different names in different … Continue reading
CECIL B. DEMILLE—AVIATOR
THE NAME Cecil B. DeMille conjures up thoughts of Hollywood epics, not to say the classic film set comment, “Any time you’re ready, C.B.” Or, if you’re into old time … Continue reading
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